Management of an Iatrogenic Injury in a Crossed Ectopic Kidney Without Fusion.
10.4111/kju.2014.55.8.554
- Author:
Tarun JINDAL
1
;
Mir Reza KAMAL
;
Satyadip MUKHERJEE
;
Soumendra Nath MANDAL
;
Dilip KARMAKAR
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India. drtarunjindal@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Acute renal injury;
Congenital abnormalities;
Urogenital abnormalities
- MeSH:
Adult;
Choristoma/radiography/*therapy;
Humans;
*Iatrogenic Disease;
Kidney/*abnormalities/injuries/radiography;
Male;
Stents;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Ureter/abnormalities/injuries/radiography
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
2014;55(8):554-556
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Crossed renal ectopia is a condition in which a kidney is located on the side opposite of its ureteral insertion. Ninety percent of crossed ectopic kidneys are fused to their ipsilateral uncrossed renal unit. Crossed renal ectopia without fusion is rare, with only 62 patients reported in the literature to date. These kidneys may suffer iatrogenic injury during an unrelated surgical intervention. The injury, unless self-limiting, may necessitate the removal of the ectopic kidney. We present a unique case of a dual injury, renal as well as ureteric, in a crossed ectopic kidney without fusion that was successfully managed without surgical excision.
